Twixt France and Spain by E. Ernest Bilbrough
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Gaube--At the Cérizey Cascade--The Pont d'Espagne and Lac de
Gaube--Pont de Benqués--Lutour valley--Various excursions up same--The "Parc"--Allées de Cambasque--The Peguère--The "Pagoda" villa-- Promenade du Mamelon Vert--The road's up again--Blows and blasts--The bishop's arrival--Enthusiasm, pomposity, and benedictions--The pilgrims at large--They start on an excursion--The market and Hôtel de Ville--The grocer's opinion--Pyrenean dogs and their treatment--The dog-fancier--Smiles and temper--Bargaining displaced--No dog after all! CHAPTER VI. LUZ AND BARÈGES. Rain at starting--A blighted view, yet lovely still--Pont d'Enfer--Nature's voice--Sère and Esquiez--Luz--Its situation and status--An old house--The ancient church of the Templars--La Chapelle de St. Roch--Pyrenean museum--Hôtel de l'Univers--Château de Ste. Marie--"The Jackdaw's Causerie"--A new "diet of worms"--The new bathing establishment--To Barèges--Pic d'Ayré--Esterre--Viella --Betpouey--Mill conduits--Cercle des Etrangers--Opinion of the town--Grand Etablissement--Promenade Horizontale--Hospice de Ste. Eugénie--"The Jay of Barèges"--Wood anemones--Hepaticas--Valley of Lienz--Pic de Lienz--Pic d'Ayré's summit--Pic de Néouville--Mountain rhododendrons--_Anemone vernalis_ CHAPTER VII. ST. SAUVEUR. |
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